8 Bible Verses about Early Death
Most Relevant Verses
I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.
The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,
“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.
Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
I said, “In the middle of my life
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”
They say to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
On their mothers’ bosom.
